Category: Home audio
iPod gets a new PAL
Well you certainly can't blame Tivoli for shamelessly trying to cashing in on the iPod phenomenon. It has just announced a new PAL (portable audio laboratory) radio called, wait for it, the iPAL (wonder how long it took 'em to…
The end of the road for TAG McLaren Audio?
TAG McLaren, once the shining hope of the UK audio industry, has been sold to the International Audio Group (IAG) reports Brit trade magazine ERT. The deal will apparently allow TM to make a honourable exit from the business…
Space out
From Ministry of Sound comes a new Space range of funky-looking audio products, including a boom box shaped like a triangular drum machine and a cube-shaped mîcro-system with DAB. All of the products are finished in a distinctive lime green…
Yamaha's wireless music add-on
Want to pipe music around the house from your home server but don't want to lay loads of cables? At CES in Las Vegas Yamaha unveiled an add-on hi-fi unit for the MusiCAST – its wireless audio streaming system….
Wurlitzer goes digital
Gibson Audio – of guitar fame – has taken the old fashioned vinyl jukebox and dragged it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Though it resembles a prop from a fifties American diner, the Wurlitzer Digital is equipped…
Denon's CD/MP3 with vinyl scratching
Here's a versatile little product for budding DJs. It's a CD/MP3 player which also boasts a turntable with vinyl scratching. Set to retail for £599.99 the Denon DN-S3000 provides the same turntable emulation as the DN-S5000 allowing scratch and…
Squeezebox networked music player
Networked music players that can play MP3 files or CDs from your PC on your hi-fi look like being one of the hottest product categories for 2004. We've already looked at Philips' Streamium and network media adaptors from Linksys…
Onkyo's marries hi-fi and PC
Convergence between the hi-fi arena and 'PC audio' continues apace with the launch of a £1,000 AV receiver from hi-fi/home cinema stalwart Onkyo. The TX-NR801E features the company's Net-Tune system which enables users to stream music from their PC…
O2's Pop Idol reviewed
Yet more information on the 02 Digital Music Player, or DMP, can be found The Guardian's website. But if you can't be bothered to read it there, here's a quick summary, Tech Digest style. O2 has seen all of…
Hitachi, Morphy Richards and Cambridge Audio go DAB
The explosion of DAB digital radio devices look set to continue with several new products slated to reach the UK early in 2004. We will be looking forward to seeing Hitachi's take on a DAB endowed hi-fi system, which…